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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2024-09-11T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Regional Business Energy Costs</name>
      <text id="202409117db18525a108465a90000290">
        <heading>Regional Business Energy Costs</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. R.A. SIMMS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2024-09-11T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Regional Business Energy Costs</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159">The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (15:21):</by>  Supplementary: with respect—</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Simms, I will listen to it, but come on.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. R.A. SIMMS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159">The Hon. R.A. SIMMS:</by>  With respect, Mr President, the minister didn't even attempt to answer the first part of the question, which was in relation—</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  That's commentary. That's not a question.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. R.A. SIMMS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159">The Hon. R.A. SIMMS:</by>  I did ask the minister what action the government has taken to support regional businesses with their energy prices. I assume no response means—</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Sit. No. The Hon. Mr Simms, that was an appalling—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Alright!</text>
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